The influence of reproductive condition and concurrent environmental factors on torpor and foraging patterns in female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 777-787

  Rintoul, Jody L P ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Eptesicus fuscus; Foraging; Reproduction; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; TIME; TORPOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHIROPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SASKATCHEWAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TORPOR;

EID: 84905058740     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0837-9     Document Type: Article

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